Windows 3.0’s arrival in 1990 was less a single product launch than a change in the way millions of people thought about personal computing — and yes, the tiny game of Solitaire bundled with it played a surprisingly large role in that cultural shift. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Both Klondike and Freecell now have choices of levels to play at, such as Master and Random. It specifically notes that some Random choices will be impossible to solve. Does this imply that other categories' games are always solvable? I've had some really bad setups in Klondike which appear...
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I recently upgraded to Windows 10 (new computer) and found that the classic solitaire right-click doesn't work. In Windows 7 if you right-clicked then the cards would go up to the top (ace, 2, etc). Now it all has to be done manually one at a time. Is this correct - that this feature has been...